“I want to prepare you as quickly as possible and start to give you as much power over your life as quickly as I can.”

Watching Red Table Talkis like being a fly on the wall in the Smith family home. On its newest episode, Jaden and Willow Smith sit with Jada Pinkett-Smith and Smith's mother Adrienne Banfield-Jones known as “Gammy” to talk about her unconventional parenting style.

Pinkett-Smith said when she was growing up her mother was the authority, which was completely different from the upbringing she wanted to give her children. Smith said she wanted her children to have the freedom to make their own decisions as early as possible, to make sure they experienced life “outside the bubble” of fame and Hollywood. At 15 years old, Jaden became emancipated from his parents and while it was devastating for Pinkett-Smith she realized it was necessary for Jaden’s growth.

“Every child needs something different,” she said to Banfield-Jones. “Being in this lifestyle, in this world is a bubble and he wanted out. I understood that because I didn’t have the bubble. I knew what having my freedom outside the bubble, what I gained from that. I knew the sooner I let him go, the faster he was going to come back.”

Although that was a parenting win, there were times where Jada and Will dropped the ball. Jada said it’s imperative for parents to forgive themselves.

“When you become a parent, you have these huge ideals even for yourself,” she said. “We’re all coming into parenting with our childhood traumas. You’re hoping you can fix all that through your own rearing of your children and you can’t. Your kids are going to have their burdens.”

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Kevin Hart's latest comedy special, Kevin Hart: Irresponsible, is set to stream on Netflix for all to see. The one-hour stand-up, which was filmed before 15,000 people at the O2 Arena in London, England, will be Hart's fifth comedy special to hit the streaming site.

Piggybacking off of the recent scandals and mayhem, this special will focus on the 39-year-old's friends, family, travel, and a year full of antics that made him "irresponsible."

The stand-up's taping derives from his most recent tour through North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia which kicked off in March 2018, according to Rolling Stone. The special will be available on Netflix on April 2.

The last time Hart was a trending topic was for past tweets that were deemed homophobic and resulted in him canceling his hosting position at the Oscars. Maybe his content will include this unfortunate situation.

Bigger Thomas is a young, black man from Chicago's South Side uninterested in diving into the world of crime that surrounds him. With his leather jacket, beanie and black painted nails, Bigger would much rather make a name for himself that doesn't involve crime and potential jail time.

And then, an opportunity falls into his lap.

Adapted into an HBO series, Richard Wright's Native follows Bigger as he finds himself at the center of a crime. after he accepts a job as a driver for Mr. Dalton. Bigger is thrilled at the $1,000 a weekly payday, and for a while, the sun is beginning to shine in his world. Then Bigger comes in contact with Mr. Dalton's daughter, Mary and the trouble that's been held at the wayside now boils over.

Moonlight's Ashton Sanders embodies the role of Bigger, while fellow Barry Jenkins' alum Kiki Layne plays his girlfriend, Bessie. Rounding out the all-star cast is Sanaa Lathan, David Alan Grier, and Stephen Henderson.

The cast of Queen Sugar plans to welcome a new face to its plot for the upcoming fourth season. On Tuesday (March 19), series creator/director/producer Ava DuVernay announced the addition of R&B legend Tevin Campbell in a guest starring role.

Since August 2018, DuVernay had plans to construct a persona for Campbell after the "Can We Talk" vocalist received controversial commentary on his importance to R&B. "Rebuking any Tevin Campbell slander from millennials and plotting to write him into an episode of Queen Sugar SOMEHOW," the award-winning director wrote on Twitter. "On general principle."

Campbell's film and television resume date back to his memorable appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Moesha, The Parent 'Hood, voicing Powerline in A Goofy Movie, and now OWN's Queen Sugar.

"This is so exciting for me and I want to thank Ava DuVernay. She's a do-er, she kept her word," Campbell said in a video message on Twitter. "I want to thank the cast and the crew for making me feel like I'm home like I've been here for years."

Queen Sugar is set to premiere on OWN on June 12.

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